Northwestern Fall Commencement Dec. 3
November 27, 2023
Fall Commencement ceremonies at Northwestern Oklahoma State University will be Sunday, Dec. 3, at 2:30 p.m. in Percefull Fieldhouse. This image is from the Fall 2022 ceremony.
Fall commencement at Northwestern Oklahoma State University will be held at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 3, in Percefull Fieldhouse.
Northwestern alumna and adjunct instructor of business Alexa Humphries will deliver the commencement address. Humphries graduated from Northwestern with a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration in 2005. Upon graduation, she continued her education at Oklahoma Christian University and earned a master’s degree in business administration. In 2021, Humphries pursued continuing education and became a Certified Financial Planner ™ through Stockton University.
As a student at Northwestern, she enjoyed being involved in the President’s Leadership Class, Student Government Association, Northwestern Scholar Ambassadors and a member of Delta Zeta sorority.
The Waynoka native currently is a financial adviser at Edward Jones Investments in Woodward where she advises clients on various aspects of their financial wellness.
Music will be provided by the Northwestern brass quintet under the direction of Eric Burger, instructor of instrumental music and director of bands.
A reception honoring the graduates will immediately follow the ceremony in the Student Center Commons area.
Eighty-seven students are candidates to receive bachelor’s degrees with 14 graduating with honors. Students with cumulative grade point averages between 3.70 and 3.79 are designated cum laude, those with GPAs between 3.80-3.89 are magna cum laude and those above 3.90 are summa cum laude.
Seventeen candidates will receive master’s degrees–six will receive Master of Counseling Psychology degrees and 11 will receive Master of Education degrees.
A live stream of the fall commencement can be found at: www.YouTube.com/NWOSURangers
Master’s graduates, their degrees and their hometowns are as follows:
MASTER OF COUNSELING PSYCHOLOGY
OKLAHOMA
BARTLESVILLE – Meghan Rosemary Goulden
GUYMON – Dalia Estrada
PONCA CITY – Sarah Rose
PIEDMONT – Abagail Lynn DeTar
RINGWOOD – Yosbelli Anahi Lora-Trejo
TONKAWA – Sandra Lisette Eguia
MASTER OF EDUCATION
OKLAHOMA
ALVA – Cody O’Neal Henson, adult education management and administration
CARRIER – Robin Marie Eckert, educational leadership
CLAREMORE – Clement Dustin Cottom, educational leadership
PONCA CITY – Megan Nicole Brown, educational leadership
STERLING – Gretchen Jones, adult education management and administration
WAYNOKA – DaNae A. Hagelberg, educational leadership
CALIFORNIA
DOWNEY – Alex Arthur Bentrem, adult education management & administration
COLORADO
LOVELAND – Dylan Norsen, adult education management and administration
REPUBLICA DOMINICANA (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)
LA VEGA – Leslie Michelle Polanco Delgado, adult education management and administration
TEXAS
HOUSTON – Chima Dante Ozz, adult education management and administration
MORSE – Aubree Lane Pittman, school counseling
Bachelor’s graduates, their degrees and their hometowns, beginning with the honored graduates, are as follows:
SUMMA CUM LAUDE
OKLAHOMA
MENO – Jonas B. Decker, Bachelor of Science in agriculture
TUTTLE – Shayna Elaine Miller, Bachelor of Arts in English education
MAGNA CUM LAUDE
OKLAHOMA
ALVA – Liberty Bynum, Bachelor of Science in biology
ENID – Malliyah Dion Baker, Bachelor of Science in psychology
PONCA CITY – Noel Marie Fairbanks, Bachelor of Science in nursing
WAYNOKA – Tabor Mason Budy, Bachelor of Science in agriculture; Talyn Hagelberg, Bachelor of Science in biology
KANSAS
HUTCHINSON – Matthew Stephen Voth, Bachelor of Science in education, elementary education
KINGMAN – Karli Jo Packard, Bachelor of Business Administration in accounting
TEXAS
WHITE DEER – Shaylee Sooner Beck, Bachelor of Science in health and sports science education
CUM LAUDE
OKLAHOMA
ALVA – Maxwell Parsons, Bachelor of Business Administration in accounting
ENID – Joshua Dale Foos, Bachelor of Arts in education, social science
WOODWARD – Carmen Maria Gonser, Bachelor of Arts in political science
KANSAS
GREAT BEND – Donovan David Paden, Bachelor of Science in education, elementary education
BACHELOR OF ARTS
OKLAHOMA
ENID – Alfredo Medina, general studies; Emily Jobita Cordova, general studies; Jacob Buck, history
PONCA CITY – Andrea Lyn Torres-Naile, general studies; Sandra R. Colberg, general studies
FRESNO – Kolade Ogunjemiyo, general studies
HAYWARD – Aubree Rahnae Furtch, general studies
KANSAS
TOPEKA – Larry Darnell White II, general studies
BACHELOR OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
OKLAHOMA
ALINE – Jaden Bloyd
BEAVER – Angelina Remedios Marlow
ENID – Ashley Nichole Pesicka; Nicole Lynn Dirks; Rebecca Ann Peterson
MAUD – Belinda Gina Hukill-Villot, accounting
PONCA CITY – Hunter Nicole Garrison; Kathryn N. Mayer
KANSAS
HALSTEAD – Holli Jo Black, accounting
HARDTNER – Lisa Mary Vermillion, accounting
TEXAS
SAN ANTONIO – Haley Raquel Howell
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
OKLAHOMA
ALVA – Arturo Simental Cisneros, health and sports science education; Brandon M. Fletcher, computer science; Randy Lynn Hamilton, industrial education; Jimi Chenoha Dawn Wilson Lindell, psychology
BLACKWELL – Karah Danielle McCleary, biology and chemistry; Collin Zink, health and sports science education
BOISE CITY – Cesar F. Ramos, agriculture
CARMEN – Siena Marie Kephart, psychology
EDMOND – Andrew Timothy Raj, computer science
ENID – Kiomiko Maidher, psychology; Michael Keith Hart, organizational leadership
GARBER – Jordan Avants, computer science
GUYMON – Maria Marcela Leon, psychology; Sydney Eryn Taylor, computer science
LAVERNE – Justin Arvin Massee, health and sports science education
LAWTON – Gracee SkyeLynn Hill, health and sports science education
MUSTANG – Jonathon Still, health and sports science education
OKLAHOMA CITY – Roger Adams, health and sports science education
PAWNEE – Bryan Scott Hodshire Jr., health and sports science education
PONCA CITY – Melissa Jo Albers, psychology; Justin Michael Jones, criminal justice; Tally Layne Goddard, psychology
POND CREEK – Cole Jones, health and sports science education
SEILING – Riley Tune, agriculture
TYRONE – Jenna R. Bohannan, psychology
WAYNOKA – Laura Blair, psychology; Shelby Nacole Seiger, health and sports science education
WOODWARD – Ian Tompkins, biology
CALIFORNIA
APPLE VALLEY – Heatherene N. Merrill, psychology
FULLERTON – Wilson D. Cal, health and sports science education
ILLNOIS
CHICAGO – Chance Love, health and sports science education
KANSAS
KIOWA – Brianna Michelle Duncan, biology
OHIO
STOUTSVILLE – Jalynn M. Fausnaugh, biology
TEXAS
MIDLAND – Andrew Jackson Shepherd, health and sports science education
SAN ANTONIO – Chancelor Gill, health and sports science education
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN EDUCATION
OKLAHOMA
ALVA – Saydy Lynn Graybill, elementary education
BEAVER – Maggie Louise Bellew, early childhood education
CHELSEA – Rosco Terry Moore Setzer, agriculture education
DOUGLAS – Mary E. Smart, elementary education
ENID – Ashley Michele Hromas Roach, early childhood education; Breanna Hubbard, mathematics
FORGAN – Kassandra Jo Kuns, early childhood education
HOLLIS – Harlie Renee Whisenant, early childhood education
KREMLIN – Brandi Machelle Ehardt, elementary education
LAVERNE – Erika Judith Hernandez Luna, elementary education
SAPULPA – Jerika Lyn Coon, elementary education
WOODWARD – Arlene Ayala, elementary education; Jasmine Isabel Hagemeier, early childhood education
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN NURSING
OKLAHOMA
ELK CITY – Brandy Thomas
ENID – LaTasha Von Campbell
MARSHALL – Kyllie Dawn Bigbey
WOODWARD – Teresa Austin
KANSAS
NESS CITY – Tracy Renee Rupp
BACHELOR OF SOCIAL WORK
ALVA – April Kaye Schultz
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?sjdoherty@nwosu.edu, 580-327-8480